Stage 4 - Release

Find out how to request access to production and go live.

The e-RS Partners team will help manage set up in the production (PROD) environment for your go-live. They will send you a PROD form which you will need to complete.

The main steps in live deployment are below.

You will need to register an application in the production environment. This is a separate environment to where your previous application was registered. You will use the information produced as part of this process to complete the form in paragraph 4.5 - Send your AppID.

Your application created in the previous step will be bound to an ASID (Accredited System Identifiers) - this is a one-to-one mapping.

You will need multiple ASIDs if you're working with many end user organisations (EUO) and using both access modes.

If your integrated software uses:

• both access modes, you will need an ASID for each access mode
• the application-restricted access mode for both referrer and provider capability, you will need an ASID for each capability

For example, your integrated software includes: user-restricted, application-restricted (referrer) and application-restricted (provider) access modes.

Your setup would require 3 ASIDs per EUO:

1. [Organisation Name] - [Product Name] – Prod - User-Restricted (ASID 1)

2. [Organisation Name] - [Product Name] – Prod - Application-Restricted - Referrer (ASID 2)

3. [Organisation Name] - [Product Name] – Prod - Application-Restricted - Provider (ASID 3)

The e-RS ASID model restricts which NHS services the ASID can be shared with.

For those NHS services on the APIM platform, the ASID cannot be shared. For example: PDS (Personal Demographics Service), EPS (Electronic Prescription Service) or SCR (Summary Care Record). You will require a separate ASID for these collective services. You will also need a separate ASID for each organisation you intend to deploy to.

Other NHS services allow the ASID to be shared. Such as: NEMS (National Events Management Service), CP-IS (Child Protection - Information Sharing service) or GP Connect.

To access the production environment, you will need to generate a key pair for each application and access mode:

• user-restricted (separate authentication and authorisation)
• application-restricted (signed JWT authentication)

To request access to the Production environment, please complete the form sent to you by email and return it to [email protected].

You will need the information produced at 4.1 Create and register your application, to complete this form.

There are some further technical requirements for us to complete on receipt of this form.

The deployment process is considered complete once all outstanding requirements have been fulfilled by NHS England. At that point, the e-RS Partners team will notify you by email to confirm your live status.

Whilst you were in the INT environment you used the Developer Community portal for raising queries and issues. For the live Production environment, all queries must be directed to the National Service Desk:

• Telephone: 0300 303 5035
• Email: [email protected]